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12 <dt>2007-10-03: PyX 0.10 released</dt>
14 This release adds 3d plotting facilities to PyX using parallel or central
15 projection. Two new graph styles grids and surfaces can be used in 3d
16 graphs as well as some existing generic graph styles (symbols, lines,
17 errorbars etc.). Several new examples, various other improvements
18 requested by PyX users and some bugfixes complete this release.
20 <dt>2006-09-14: Talk about Type1 fonts and PyX in Rosenheim</dt>
22 A talk about Type1 fonts and PyX was presented at the
23 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv35/">fall meeting</a> of the <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv35/">German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V.</a> (September 14th and 15th, Rosenheim).
24 The presentation is available in
25 <a href="presentation_dantemv35_de.pdf">German (pdf, 19 pages, 226 KB)</a> and
26 in a crude <a href="presentation_dantemv35_en.pdf">english translation</a>.
28 <dt>2006-09-11: First public version of PyXPlot released</dt>
30 Dominic Ford released the first public version of <a
31 href="http://www.pyxplot.org.uk/">PyXPlot</a>, which provides a
32 Gnuplot-style interface to PyX. PyXPlot already supports a large subset
33 of Gnuplot's original functionality, always combined with the
34 high-quality output of PyX.
36 <dt>2006-05-24: PyX 0.9 released</dt>
38 This release features a new set of deformers for path manipulations
39 like smoothing, shifting, etc. A new set of extensively documented
40 examples describing various aspects of PyX in a cookbook-like fashion
41 have been written. Type 1 font-stripping is now handled by a newly
42 written Python module. The evaluation of functions for graph plotting
43 is now left to Python. Thereby some obscure data manipulation could be
44 removed from the bar style for handling of nested bar graphs.
45 Transparency is now supported for PDF output. Many more small
46 improvements and bug fixes top off this release.
48 <dt>2006-01-20: New PyX tutorial for Gnuplot users</dt>
50 Titus Winters wrote a very nice <a href="http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~titus/pyxTutorial/">tutorial</a>
51 explaining the basics of PyX's graph-plotting facilities for users familiar with Gnuplot.
53 <dt>2005-08-13: PyX 0.8.1 released</dt>
55 This release fixes some bugs in the path module and the output of decorated
56 paths. The fallback for kpathsea was considerably improved in speed (it was
57 unintensionally slowed down in 0.8). The inclusion of the bounding box
58 information in PS and PDF files is now optional. It is suppressed by default
59 when a paperformat is specified. A new path example completes the release.
61 <dt>2005-07-13: PyX 0.8 released</dt>
63 PyX now supports PDF output and also the generation of multi-page PS/PDF
64 documents. The internals of the path system have been cleaned up and the
65 external interface has been streamlined. The axis data handling of the graph
66 component has undergone a major revision. Many other improvements and bug fixes
67 are included in this release.
69 <dt>2004-12-15: PyX 0.7.1 released</dt>
71 This release fixes some bugs in the graph system, the canvas module and
72 the kpsewhich support. The tipa package is no longer required to build
73 the FAQ. The index files to sort the examples are now included in the
74 distribution. Two new examples complete this maintenance release.
76 <dt>2004-10-29: PyX presentation in Hannover</dt>
78 PyX was presented at the
79 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv31/">fall meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (October 29nd to 30th, Hannover)</a>.
80 The presentation is available in
81 <a href="presentation_dantemv31_de.pdf">German (pdf, 16 Pages, 346 KB)</a> only.
83 <dt>2004-10-21: PyX 0.7 released</dt>
85 This release adds support for the inclusion of bitmaps. The internals of the path system
86 have undergone a major revision and cleanup. The handling of short
87 path elements has been enhanced considerably to prevent numerical
88 instabilities. The data and style handling in the graph system has been
89 completely reorganized. It is now possible to combine several graph
90 styles within a single plot instruction.
92 <dt>2004-04-27: PyX 0.6.3 released</dt>
94 PyX 0.6.3 contains a few bug fixes and includes the source for the FAQ
95 and the manual as requested by a package maintainer.
97 <dt>2004-04-07: PyX 0.6.2 released</dt>
99 PyX 0.6.2 fixes a few bugs in the graph system.
101 <dt>2004-03-31: PyX 0.6.1 released</dt>
103 PyX 0.6.1 fixes a brown paper bag bug in the distribtion which missed
104 to contain the new directories for the graph and the axis system.
106 <dt>2004-03-30: PyX 0.6 released</dt>
108 This release further improves the internal design and visible interfaces
109 of PyX. The path system has undergone a major revision and cleanup.
110 The graph module has been split into several smaller modules,
111 reflecting its component architecture. Moreover, PyX now makes use of
112 the attribute system introduced in the previous release. Graph styles
113 and data handling have been largely revised. Major parts of the
114 documentation have been rewritten and are now based on the standard
115 Python documentation style. Bug-fixes and speed improvements complete
118 <dt>2004-03-05: PyX presentation in Darmstadt</dt>
120 PyX was presented at the
121 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante2004/">annual meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (March 2nd to 6th, Darmstadt)</a>.
122 The presentation is available in
123 <a href="presentation_dante2004_de.pdf">German (pdf, 18 Pages, 425 KB)</a> and
124 <a href="presentation_dante2004_en.pdf">English</a>.
126 <dt>2004-01-22: PyX 0.5.1 released</dt>
128 This release fixed a distribution error (missing C files) and a
131 <dt>2004-01-20: PyX 0.5 released</dt>
133 PyX 0.5 introduces a more consistent and flexible attribute system is
134 included. The TeX integration has been improved: native support for
135 virtual fonts has been added. Markers allow the gathering of
136 positions within the text. TeX's inter-process-communication option
137 can be used to speed up the TeX interface. The install process has
138 been streamlined. Lots of other small improvements and bugfixes were
141 <dt>2003-09-17: PyX 0.4.1 released</dt>
143 This release fixed some bugs mostly releated to the additions in the
146 <dt>2003-08-22: PyX 0.4 released</dt>
148 This release improves the special and font handling of the TeX/LaTeX
149 interface. The graph module has undergone extensive restructuring of
150 the axis component. Furthermore, various known bugs and shortcomings
153 <dt>2003-04-04: PyX 0.3.1 released</dt>
155 This release adds the examples to the tarball and fixes various bugs.
157 <dt>2003-03-31: PyX 0.3 released</dt>
159 PyX 0.3 features a new seamless TeX/LaTeX integration (internal
160 dvi reader), nice examples, and huge improvements all over the
163 <dt>2003-01-17: PyX 0.2 released</dt>
165 PyX 0.2 contains a variety of bug fixes and improvements. In
166 particular the axis handling of the graph module was enhanced
169 <dt>2002-10-07: PyX 0.1 released</dt>
171 The first public release, PyX 0.1, has been uploaded to SourceForge.
172 It allows the creation of encapsulated PostScript drawings
173 and uses TeX/LaTeX + dvips for the text creation. A graph module for
174 the creation of x-y-plots is included.
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